Competition: The best price regulator
Chairman's speech
On 21 November 2000, the Chairman Gary Banks addressed the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Perth.
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Competition: the best price regulator (PDF - 44 Kb)- Contents
Transformation of the Australian economy
Reform has yielded significant benefits
Incomes and jobs have expanded
Prices have been 'disciplined'
When is pricing a policy problem?
Perils of price regulation
The Prices Surveillance Act
The National Access Regime
Restriction on competition remain
Bottom line
